Although the Therion Book pg 48 needs to be updated to state that -map-level applies to maps as well as to atlas'. Bruce _____ Subject: RE: [Therion] colour by map Thanks Stacho That works very well, down to multiple map levels as well, and layers! Makes my 'Output Map Title Override' hack http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php/tex#overriding_data_supplied_by_theri on_map_headers redundant. Bruce